Attractions of Kamyanets-Podilskyi district

The Dunaivtsi regional museum is located in a historical building on the central street of Dunaivtsi.

The museum was founded in 1986.

Its funds include 3,000 exhibits. The permanent exhibition of the local history museum highlights the history of the city of Dunaivtsi and the entire Dunaivtsi region.

The exhibition hall of the art department of the Kamyanets-Podilskyi Historical Museum-Reserve is located in the modern city center, on the ground floor of a multi-storey building.

The institution acquaints visitors with the works of contemporary artists of Ukraine. The reserve implements exhibition projects here, holds personal and collective art exhibitions, organizes concerts, workshops, fairs of handicrafts and more.

The large complex of buildings of the barracks of the Kamyanets-Podilskyi fortress looks especially impressive from the opposite side of the Smotrych canyon - from the pedestrian bridge or from the Holy Intercession church in the arboretum.

They were designed to house a military garrison by the commandant of the Kamyanets fortress, Yan de Vitte, and were built at the end of the 18th century by the architect Stanislav Zavadskyi.

From the side of the river, the building looks like a fortress thanks to powerful retaining walls and loophole windows. Russian writer and poet Kostyantyn Batyushkov, Decembrist and hero of Borodino Volodymyr Rayevsky, scientist-lexicographer Volodymyr Dal, writer Mykhaylo Bulhakov served here.

In Soviet times, a tobacco factory was located in the barracks. Now the complex is in an abandoned state.

The Greek-Catholic Monastery of the Holy Trinity in Kamyanets-Podilskyi was founded in 1722 by Basilian monks.

The Orthodox Trinity Church was first mentioned in 1582. It is likely that in this place there was an ancient temple of the XIII-XIV centuries. During the Turkish rule, the church was turned into a mosque, and after the departure of the Turks, it passed to the Greek Catholics and became a cathedral. After the annexation of Podillya to the Russian Empire, the Uniate monasteries were handed over to the Orthodox.

In 1836, a two-story stone wing with the warm church of Anthony and Theodosius of Pechersky was added to the monastery building, and in 1855, the reconstruction of the Trinity Church was completed, giving it Orthodox forms.

During the Soviet era, the temple was completely destroyed. In recent years, the Trinity Church was restored on cleared foundations by the forces of Basilian monks.

The Trinitarian church in Kamyanets-Podilskyi was founded in the 18th century by monks of the Trinitarian order, who specialized in the redemption of slaves from Turkish captivity.

The temple is made in baroque style. Attention is drawn to the main facade, which is given the slenderness of the pilasters of the Tuscan order. The facade is finished with a pediment decorated with sculptures and vases. The church is surrounded by a stone wall. The gates are decorated with statues of Jean de Mat and Felix Valois, the founders of the Trinitarian monastic order. The stairs leading to the gate are surrounded by a parapet, on which a statue of the Virgin Mary is installed.

After the Second World War, the funds of the Khmelnytskyi Regional State Archive were housed in the Trinity Church.

Today it is the Greek Catholic Church of Saint Josaphat.

The memorial museum of the reformer Count Ihnatsiy Stsybor-Markhotsky in Mynkivtsi is dedicated to one of the most extravagant Podillya landowners of the 18th century, the founder of the self-proclaimed Mynkivtsi state, which existed for 30 years within the Mynkivtsi Kluch on the territory of the present Kamyanets-Podilsky district.

Hundreds of exhibits tell about the life of Ihnatsiy Stsybor-Markhotsky, as well as the organization of his small state, which had its own constitution, a judicial system based on Roman law, and its own currency.

The museum was opened in 2012 in an ancient building that once housed the NKVD and the Gestapo. Pretrial detention cells have been preserved in the basement and basement floors. In 2010, a memorial sign to the victims of the Holodomor and repressions was installed in front of the house.

The Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary was built in 1699. Armenians who moved to Zhvanets after the expulsion of the Turks from Podillya.

Almost a century later, when the Armenians left the city, the building was rebuilt into an impressive baroque Catholic church.

In Soviet times, a factory was located here.

Today, the temple is gradually being restored, and worship has been resumed.

The palace of the Krasinsky family in Dunaivtsi was built in the 19th century.

The founder of the estate, Yan Krasinsky, who became the owner of the Dunaivtsi in 1782, did a lot for the economic development of the city. In particular, he built a cloth factory that is still operating.

During the Soviet times, the palace was rebuilt. Now it is a district cultural center.

The Prytulivka grain-rolling mill on the Ushytsia River was built in 1846.

Was active until recently.

Currently, the three-story building of the mill houses a small museum exhibition.

The Museum of Miniatures "Castles of Ukraine" presents miniature models of 21 most famous architectural monuments of Ukraine, including medieval fortresses and aristocratic palaces located in different regions of Ukraine.

The open-air museum gives an opportunity to get acquainted with all at once, learn the details of their history, interesting facts, secrets and legends, as well as appreciate the work of Kyiv masters who accurately conveyed the smallest details of buildings.

Museum of Miniatures "Castles of Ukraine" is a great place for family vacations and spending time with friends.

The Department of Antiquities (Archeology) of the Kamyanets-Podilskyi State Historical Museum-Reserve is located in the former palace of the Armenian bishop, which was founded in the 15th century as a trading house.

After the Turkish invasion, the commandant of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Yan de Vitte, settled in the house.

The archeological exposition is based on a collection of antiquities, which began to be collected in the XIX century. The halls of the museum recreate the dwellings of ancient man, exhibit ancient tools, household items of the people who inhabited Podillya from ancient times to the baptism of Rus.

In the courtyard is a lapidary of pagan idols.

The National Nature Park "Podilski Tovtry" with its administrative center in the city of Kamyanets-Podilskyi was created in 1996 to preserve the unique natural landscapes of Podillya.

Tovtry (Toltry) is the local name of a mountainous arched ridge, the height of which within the park reaches 401 meters above sea level. The ridge is the remains of an ancient barrier reef that formed 15-25 million years ago in the coastal zone of the Miocene sea. The microclimate of Kamyanetske Transnistria is formed by the Tovtry ridge and the canyons of the Dniester and its tributaries, so there are special conditions for the preservation of rare and relict plants, among which most are medicinal.

There are many caves within the park, the most famous of which is Atlantis (the village of Zavalne). There is a huge supply of mineral waters. One of the most interesting tour routes runs from the village of Verbka through Verbetska Tovtra to Karmalyukova Mountain.

The Museum of History and Local Lore in Nova Ushytsia was opened in 1992.

The museum has about 2,000 exhibits that cover the history of the region from ancient times to the present.

In particular, the exposition presents a diorama of the Ushytsia defense in 1941.

The photo exhibition "Glorious Sons of Ukraine" has been opened, highlighting the participation of the residents of the district in the Russian-Ukrainian war.

The Novoplanivsky Bridge in Kamyanets-Podilskyi connects the Old Town with the so-called "Noviy Plan" - the current administrative center of the city.

In the middle of the 19th century, when the provincial center of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, with the growth of the population and the bureaucratic apparatus, became cramped within the medieval walls, the idea of expanding the city beyond the Smotrych Canyon arose. The decision was made in 1859 during the visit of the Russian Emperor Oleksandr II, who was fascinated by the view of the city from the hill near where the Oleksandr Nevsky Cathedral is now located. Five years later, construction began, and in 1872, the Novoplaniv bridge with a wooden deck on stone bulls was put into operation.

Simultaneously with the laying of the bridge, the city gardener Severyn Kovalsky laid out a park.

From the bridge over the deep canyon of Smotrych, a breathtaking view of the medieval towers and walls of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, rocks above the ribbon of the river with a natural waterfall and a park with figures of deer on the hills and stones opens up.

The Grand Cathedral of Oleksandr Nevsky is the main Orthodox church in Kamyanets-Podilskyi.

The neo-Byzantine style cathedral was built in 1893 in honor of the 100th anniversary of Podillya "accession" to Russia. The temple was built with public funds collected by the Oleksandr Nevsky Guardianship. The building was impressive in its grandeur and was one of the most beautiful temples in Kamyanets-Podilskyi.

Oleksandr Nevsky Cathedral had a large main dome and four semi-domes on the sides, a small bell tower was located above the western entrance. The main altar of the cathedral was dedicated to Saint Oleksandr Nevsky, in memory of Oleksandr III, the southern altar bore the name of the Holy Great Martyr Catherine, the patroness of Catherine II, and the northern altar - Saint Nicholas. The church premises were heated by steam heating.

The Oleksandr Nevsky Cathedral was destroyed during the years of Soviet power, but after the restoration of Ukraine's independence, the cathedral was rebuilt.

On April 8, 2023, the residents of Kamyanets-Podilskyi unanimously supported the transfer of the Oleksandr Nevsky Cathedral to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. However, the faithful of the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate still do not allow the people of Kamyanets-Podilskyi to enter the church.